Truck driver at fault in crash with bus, CHP says

A truck driver has been determined to be at fault in a truck-vs.-school bus accident that closed part of Highway 12 for 1 1/2 hours on March 18, according to the California Highway Patrol.

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A truck driver has been determined to be at fault in a truck-vs.-school bus accident that closed part of Highway 12 for 1 1/2 hours on March 18, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Surveillance video from the school bus showed that the bus was completely in its lane on the narrow stretch of the two-lane road, and that the tanker truck was over the double-yellow line when the truck sideswiped the bus shortly after 8:30 a.m.

The bus had just disgorged its student passengers at Calaveras High School, so only the driver was on board, according to the CHP.

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